Best of December. It's a Wrap

Tomorrow is New Years Eve which means this cursed year is nearly up --happy 'Light at End of Tunnel Day' to you! Obviously our "year in review" festivities will continue a bit still. Plus the 2020 film year is extra long (in a way) due to the Awards Show Shenanigans of extending Oscar & Globe & so on eligibility by two months. So we won't be done with 2020 until April but at least the calendar year is concluding and the 2021 film year can also begin with Sundance in January!

Ten Highlights You Might Have Missed
• Lily James to play Pamela Anderson creative or confounding casting?
• Review: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom proved divisive amongst our readers
• Mad for Mads the Danish star gives his best performance yet in Another Round
• Riz ascends the star really delivers in Sound of Metal 
• Podcast on Mank Murtada and Nathaniel talk the Best Director race
• Ann Reinking (RIP) another loss in 2020. Superb dancer. non-prolific actor
• Gay Best Friend: Abby in Carol Christopher's new series reaches a milestone. This is how you do the gay best friend trope.
• Wonder Woman 1984 Lynn likes it more than she admits she should. Same.
• How Had I Never Seen White Christmas? Claudio confesses and rectifies
• Cartoon Saloon from The Secret of Kells through Wolfwalkers

5 Most Discussed Articles
• Review: The Prom you always love to talk Meryl!
• LAFCA goes haywire awarding their "Best Film" prize to an anthology collection
• In defense of Glenn Close Carlos says "Maw Maw" is Hillbilly's saving grace
• What's your vote for most underrate (respected) movie? This question sparked so many great answers
• The day moviegoing died Warner Bros destroys theatrical biz model for 2021

COMING IN JANUARY: One Night in Miami, Pieces of a Woman, Nathaniel's top ten list and the 2020 Film Bitch Awards, and at the end of the month, the Sundance Film Festival. Plus anniversary looks at Angels & Insects, The Music Lovers, Patricia Highsmith, and more...

If you're just rejoining us looking to catch up, previous 2020 overviews...
Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov 

Comments

[thevoid99]

Fuck 2020. Instead of just saying Happy New Year... let's just all say Fuck 2020.

[Eureka]

Oh wow.

[Rdf]

Your vocabulary is sooo limited @thevoid99